Automobile bumper end



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'AUTOMOBILE BUMPER END y Filed Dec. 26. 1925 :HVSA/TDH. BERNARD WP..GUGHLIN.

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rated Sept, 2l, 1926..

AUTOMOBILE Application led December This invention relates to bumpersfor automobiles and has for' its object to provide an improved forrnofend connes-tions.

A further object is to provide a bumper 5 with a plurality of bars withan end iastening which will avoid rattling and looeness, which isreadily applied. and isdurable in use.

Hitherto the barsofbuinpers lieve been secured at their ends with boltsand wash-A ers or sleeves, separating the bars and Vfor-in inga rigidtting. TJnder the constant v2.-Y bration to rwhich these bumpers are'sun- :iected the ends have a tendency to become loose and as a resultcause a rattle which is objectionable.

The invention consists inreplacing the' washers or sleeves en the vboltsbyV a coil" spiingnnder Compression. v

Re erenceA is mede to the accompanying drawings fin which- Fig. l. showsa two ed with the device.

Fig'. il shows a Vvertical barred buinper mount- -seetion .of the Fig.IH shows an enlarged view of one;

end lo" a bumper vfitted with'the device. l

The fle-"ice consists of a coil spring-1' 4 sur- T OFF ICE.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

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rounding Vthe bolt 3,to which the ends l0, 20, of the bumper ba tweenthe bars. l n p The end/of the bolt 3, may beheaded as shown in Fig. lllor secured by a nut, prei"- erably a lock-nut. 1 vBy means offthis coilspring` b ends of the `bars secured under compression by the bolt, theend of the bumper is pro-- vided with a secure fastening which will notbecome loose or rattle 'under' anycircuinstances. y i

l/Vhat cleirnis Y l l. In a Vdouble barred bumper, a coil springinserted between vthe lends of thebars and y surrounding theconnectiingjbolt.y

2. n a bumper with av plurality of bars, 45 the combination of a boltsec-urng the ends of the bars Vin alignment, with coil springs be-Vtween the ends ofthe bars, andsurrounding' the bolt. .Y 1 v 3'. In' avbu1npe.r,*the coinbinationof the 50 ends of the bars securedv inalignment a bolt, with a coil Vspring*under compression be- 'tween theends ofthebars, Aand surrounding the bolt.

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